This article covers three Progress product lines that are licensed by infrastructure object rather than by developer or database user. MOVEit and WS_FTP are managed file transfer products, licensed on premises per Server or as the MOVEit Cloud subscription service.[1][2] WhatsUp Gold is network and infrastructure monitoring software, licensed per monitored device or per point.[3][4] Sitefinity is a .NET content management system, licensed per production domain with limits on concurrent editors and server size.[6]
Editions
| Product | Default licence type | Editions or variants named by Progress |
|---|---|---|
| MOVEit Transfer, MOVEit Automation, WS_FTP Server | Perpetual[1] | Production, non-production and redundant (failover, DR, HA) licences |
| WS_FTP Pro, MOVEit EZ, Web Transfer and Ad Hoc Transfer modules | Perpetual[1] | Feature sets (for example “standard”, “premium”) and levels (for example “100 users”) |
| MOVEit Cloud | Subscription[2] | Shared service, Dedicated Instance, PCI Compliance Toolkit add-on |
| WhatsUp Gold | Subscription[3] | Subscription: Business, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Scale; perpetual: Premium, Total Plus; Free Edition; WhatsUp Gold 360[5] |
| Sitefinity | Perpetual, except subscription add-ons such as Ucommerce[6] | Standard, Enterprise and other packages; Domain Add-ons; Sitefinity AI |
On the retrieval date the WhatsUp Gold subscription editions were listed from USD 1,229 (Business), 2,049 (Enterprise) and 3,469 (Enterprise Plus) for 50 devices per year. The perpetual editions were listed from USD 5,089 for 50 devices (Premium) and USD 14,439 for 50 points (Total Plus). Prices exclude taxes.[5]
MOVEit and WS_FTP
Metrics
On premises, “the Product is licensed on a per-Server basis”.[1] A Server is “one physical server that is not running virtualization software, or one virtual server instance”.[1] A hypervisor host is therefore not counted, but each virtual machine running MOVEit is.
Client and module products are licensed by computing device: “If you use the Product on a virtual machine or in an environment where multiple users share computer resources, each instance of the Product in use at any time is considered one computing device.”[1] Where a product is sold in feature sets or levels, only the feature set and level in the Order may be used, and a different one requires an upgrade.[1] Where a product is licensed for an internally or externally operated network, monitoring the other kind of network needs a separate licence.[1]
Counting
The per-Server grant counts every environment. The customer “may only install and use the Product on the number of Servers, including both production, non-production and failover, disaster recovery or high availability Servers, equal to the number of licenses you purchase”.[1] Separate non-production licences may be used only for “testing, training, development or other non-production and non-failover, disaster recovery or high availability purposes”.[1] Licences bought for failover, DR or HA (“Redundant Software”) may not run on a primary production Server except when the primary fails, is being upgraded or replaced, or is disrupted for another temporary reason.[1]
Optional features may be used only if they are selected in the Order and paid for.[1] Embedded components may not be extracted or used outside the product’s core functions. The customer may not publish reviews of the product, or information about its bugs or vulnerabilities, without Progress’s consent.[1]
Term, support and data collection
Unless the Order states otherwise, licences are perpetual. Term and subscription licences do not renew automatically, and a renewal is placed “at the level we, in our sole discretion, identify as being closest to your previous term or subscription license”.[1] Support is paid in advance, is non-refundable, and “will not automatically renew” unless the Order says so.[1] The product sends System Data to Progress, including the install type and a hashed serial number, partly “to verify compliance with the terms of this EULA”.[1]
MOVEit Cloud
MOVEit Cloud is a hosted service sold by subscription. Unless the Order says otherwise, it ends at the end of the term “with no automatic renewal”, and each renewal is charged at the rate then in effect.[2] Use is limited to internal file transfer “to or from you or your organization”.[2]
Usage is measured on up to three axes, depending on the Order:[2]
- Credentials: “We will take daily snapshot of the total number of Credentials and then average the daily totals over the month.”
- Bandwidth: the cumulative size of content transferred, reset each calendar month.
- Storage: daily snapshots of disk use, averaged over the month.
Usage in a cloud test environment counts toward bandwidth and storage. Overages are invoiced “on a quarterly basis in the month following the quarter during which the overage occurred”, although Progress may waive them.[2] A Dedicated Instance is sold with prepaid storage and bandwidth. If measured bandwidth exceeds the prepaid amount, the customer must buy more within 45 days of receiving an Order, and failure to do so is a breach.[2] The service level target is 99.9% monthly availability, and the only remedy is a service credit of 3, 10 or 30 days added to the term.[2]
WhatsUp Gold
Metrics
The EULA grants one copy “on one (1) hardware device or into one (1) virtual environment per one (1) license purchased”. Where a product is sold in units, “(e.g., “100 points”, “300 devices”) … you may solely use the Product up to the number of licensed units identified in the Order”.[3] Two unit types are published:
- Device. With device-based licensing “You pay by the number of devices you monitor and can apply as many monitors as you need”.[4] The pricing page lists unlimited aspects or channels per device, and a technical maximum of 25,000 devices per instance for the subscription editions.[5]
- Point. With point-based licensing (Total Plus) “You purchase the number of points you need (a tier) and allocate them to fit your needs”.[4]
| Monitored object | Points[4] |
|---|---|
| Network device (router, switch, wireless controller, access point, firewall) | 1 per device, whatever the number of sensors |
| Server | 1 per server |
| Virtual machine | 1 per VM |
| Network traffic analysis | 10 per flow source |
| Application performance monitoring | 10 per application |
| Log management | 10 per log source |
| Configuration management | None |
Points can be reallocated “at any time - no additional purchase required”.[4]
Counting
Installations and units are counted separately. “The number of permitted installations under your plan type will not increase or otherwise modify the number of license units you are permitted to use.”[3] On the pricing page, Business includes a single installation, Enterprise up to two and Enterprise Plus up to four, used for high availability, and Enterprise Scale lets the customer set the number of installations.[5] Where several users share computer resources, each running instance is one computing device. Archival, backup and disaster recovery copies are allowed.[3] Software supplied preinstalled on hardware may not be moved to other hardware or virtual devices.[3]
The Free Edition may be installed on a single device, with one licence per licensee: “If you have previously obtained an instance of WhatsUp Gold Free Edition, you may not obtain a second instance.”[3] WhatsUp Gold 360 is a hosted service licensed “solely for the purpose of monitoring one or more validly licensed instances of WhatsUp Gold”.[3]
Term and lifecycle
The default licence type is subscription. A perpetual licence is “A one-time purchase granting access to the current version plus 1 year of updates and support”.[3][5] Some features are sold on subscription only, including Internet Connection Monitoring, Network Traffic Analysis Plus and High Availability.[5] Retired and deprecated releases may still be used with a valid licence, “on an “as is” basis … solely at your own risk”.[3] The product sends non-personal usage analytics to Progress unless the customer disables this.[3]
Sitefinity
Metrics
- Production Domain. By default Sitefinity may be used on one Production Domain, the Primary Domain. Further production domains need Domain Add-ons.[6]
- CMS User. An individual with a username and password for the administrative and content management functions. Limits are counted as concurrent logins: “up to ten (10) CMS Users to be logged into Sitefinity at any given time” by default, four for Sitefinity Standard, and no limit for Sitefinity Enterprise.[6]
- Server. A physical server, virtual server or cloud service instance “with … computing power equivalent to at most eight (8) CPU cores”.[6]
“There is no limit on how many Site Visitors may visit a website developed and administered using Sitefinity.”[6]
Counting
All domains must be registered: “You must register all domains (whether or not used for a Production Purpose) with us. You may not change your Production Domain designation(s) once registered.”[6] Subdomains of a registered domain may be used without limit for development. Domain Add-ons must be administered for the same entity as the Primary Domain. Administering a site for another company “requires a separate Primary Domain and thus the purchase of an additional Sitefinity License”.[6] This clause matters for agencies and corporate groups.
A single Sitefinity Standard licence “may not be used on more than two (2) Production Servers at any time”, and Standard “may not be used in a load balancing environment”.[6] The EULA does not say how a machine with more than eight cores is counted.
The Kendo UI for jQuery and Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX components bundled with Sitefinity “can be used not as a standalone product, but only to assist in the website development”. “You may only use Kendo and the UI Controls for the purpose of website development with Sitefinity.”[6] Using them in other applications needs a Telerik developer licence. CMS and .NET component vendors need Progress’s permission to buy Sitefinity.[6]
Term and support
A perpetual licence includes support and updates for one year from purchase. “In the case of perpetual Licenses you will lose the right to receive support after such one (1) year period, unless you purchase additional support”.[6] Subscriptions include support and updates while active, do not renew automatically unless the Order says so, and generally cannot be downgraded. A downgrade needs Progress’s approval and “may result in the loss of your Content”.[6] Support for add-ons is co-termed with the Sitefinity package.[6] Trial licences last up to 30 days, after which the software locks out.[6]
The Ucommerce for Sitefinity add-on is subscription only. It may be used free of charge for development. Production use needs a subscription per domain or per Licensed Server, and requires a Sitefinity licence that is under active maintenance or subscription.[6] Sitefinity AI is sold as an allotment of AI tokens per account, and more allotments can be bought.[6] The Sitefinity Cloud platform-as-a-service offering has its own agreement.[7]
Virtualization & partitioning
- MOVEit counts each virtual server instance as a Server. A physical host running virtualization software is not a Server.[1]
- WhatsUp Gold allows one virtual environment per licence. It counts monitored virtual machines as 1 point each under point-based licensing.[3][4]
- Sitefinity counts any virtual server or cloud instance of up to eight cores as one Server.[6]
Audits and compliance
All three EULAs include the common Progress audit clause: records of licences bought and used, delivery within five business days, list-price back-billing, and audit costs where the shortfall exceeds 5%.[1][3][6] In a MOVEit review, check that DR and HA nodes are licensed. In a WhatsUp Gold review, compare monitored devices, or allocated points, with the units in the Order. In a Sitefinity review, list every registered domain and the peak number of concurrent CMS logins.
Out of scope
- MOVEit and Sitefinity prices, which are by quote.
- Flowmon and Kemp LoadMaster, which Progress licenses under separate agreements.
- The WS_FTP and MOVEit “Free Tools”, which have their own click-through licences.[1]